Symmetry conjecture for the mock Alexander polynomial of starred knotoids

Let KK be a knotoid diagram. Let K1K_1 and K2K_2 be the starred knotoid diagrams obtained from KK by placing a star in the region incident to the tail and the region incident to the head, respectively. The mock Alexander polynomial symmetry conjecture.

K1(W,B)=K2(B,W).\nabla_{K_{1}}(W, B) = \nabla_{K_{2}}(-B, -W).

This symmetry has been observed in examples where the regions containing the two endpoints are starred. It was given in the cited source and remains open at the time of writing.

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Joanna A. Ellis-Monaghan, Neslihan Gügümcü, Louis H. Kauffman and Wout Moltmaker, “The Mock Alexander Polynomial for Knotoids and Linkoids”, arXiv:2406.08253 (2024).

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